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Years ago while working on Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides, the Queen Mother visited the island. Can anyone tell me who she was visiting? I think it was Lord Strathroy or Strathmere, or something like that. There was a documentary about her on PBS recently and that mentioned her 'ancestral home' in Scotland but didn't say where. I was working there, calibrating the inertial navigation systems of nuclear submarines.
Alan
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Alan Illeman typed thus: [nq:1]Years ago while working on Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides, the Queen Mother visited the island. Can anyone tell me ... 'ancestral home' in Scotland but didn't say where.
- Alan Illeman typed thus: [nq:1]Years ago while working on Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides, the Queen Mother visited the island.
- Can anyone tell me ...
- 'ancestral home' in Scotland but didn't say where.
- [/nq] Strathmore - her ancestral home was Glamis Castle (pronounced Glarms).
- uk / - choose the drop down menu to Elizabeth of Glamis for the late QM.
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Alan Illeman typed thus:
[nq:1]Years ago while working on Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides, the Queen Mother visited the island. Can anyone tell me ... 'ancestral home' in Scotland but didn't say where. I was working there, calibrating the inertial navigation systems of nuclear submarines.[/nq]
Strathmore - her ancestral home was Glamis Castle (pronounced Glarms).
[nq:1]Years ago while working on Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides, the Queen Mother visited the island. Can anyone tell me ... 'ancestral home' in Scotland but didn't say where. I was working there, calibrating the inertial navigation systems of nuclear submarines.[/nq]
Strathmore - her ancestral home was Glamis Castle (pronounced Glarms).
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[nq:1]her ancestral home was Glamis Castle (pronounced Glarms).[/nq]
That phonetic rendering only works for you non-rhotic types; for a rhotic like me, it looks like you mean it to be "Glarrrms".
Which I know you don't...
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 21 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey to
[nq:1]her ancestral home was Glamis Castle (pronounced Glarms).[/nq]
That phonetic rendering only works for you non-rhotic types; for a rhotic like me, it looks like you mean it to be "Glarrrms".
Which I know you don't...
Cheers, Harvey
Ottawa/Toronto/Edmonton for 30 years;
Southern England for the past 21 years.
(for e-mail, change harvey to
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Harvey Van Sickle typed thus:
[nq:1]On 07 Jun 2004, david56 wrote Re: Queen Mother[/nq]
[nq:2]her ancestral home was Glamis Castle (pronounced Glarms).[/nq]
[nq:1]That phonetic rendering only works for you non-rhotic types; for a rhotic like me, it looks like you mean it to be "Glarrrms". Which I know you don't...[/nq]
Well, that's not how I would say it, but I can't be sure what t
[nq:1]On 07 Jun 2004, david56 wrote Re: Queen Mother[/nq]
[nq:2]her ancestral home was Glamis Castle (pronounced Glarms).[/nq]
[nq:1]That phonetic rendering only works for you non-rhotic types; for a rhotic like me, it looks like you mean it to be "Glarrrms". Which I know you don't...[/nq]
Well, that's not how I would say it, but I can't be sure what t
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[nq:1]Alan Illeman typed thus:[/nq]
[nq:2]Years ago while working on Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides, ... working there, calibrating the inertial navigation systems of nuclear submarines.[/nq]
[nq:1]Strathmore - her ancestral home was Glamis Castle (pronounced Glarms). http://www.strathmore-estates.co.uk/ - cho
[nq:2]Years ago while working on Colonsay in the Inner Hebrides, ... working there, calibrating the inertial navigation systems of nuclear submarines.[/nq]
[nq:1]Strathmore - her ancestral home was Glamis Castle (pronounced Glarms). http://www.strathmore-estates.co.uk/ - cho
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[nq:2]Alan Illeman typed thus:[/nq]
Colonsay House has been the home of the Lord of Strathcona since 1904. An interesting history.
Ray
Colonsay House has been the home of the Lord of Strathcona since 1904. An interesting history.
Ray
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[nq:1]Colonsay House has been the home of the Lord of Strathcona since 1904. An interesting history.[/nq]
Do you have a link?
Do you have a link?
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[nq:1]Colonsay House has been the home of the Lord of Strathcona since 1904. An interesting history.[/nq]
Google:
http://geovisualbusinessmaps.com/colonsay.htm
the laird = Owner or landlord of Colonsay. Until about 1900, Colonsay was owned by a succession of lairds named
Google:
http://geovisualbusinessmaps.com/colonsay.htm
the laird = Owner or landlord of Colonsay. Until about 1900, Colonsay was owned by a succession of lairds named
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[nq:1]Colonsay House has been the home of the Lord of Strathcona since 1904. An interesting history.[/nq]
Some details here:
http://www.colonsay.org.uk/gardens.html
and here:
http://www.ccct
Some details here:
http://www.colonsay.org.uk/gardens.html
and here:
http://www.ccct
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Alan Illeman typed thus:
[nq:2]Colonsay House has been the home of the Lord of Strathcona since 1904. An interesting history.[/nq]
[nq:1]Do you have a link?[/nq]
No, but I've got a dark brown overcoat.
David
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[nq:2]Colonsay House has been the home of the Lord of Strathcona since 1904. An interesting history.[/nq]
[nq:1]Do you have a link?[/nq]
No, but I've got a dark brown overcoat.
David
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[nq:2]Yup. The use of date letters was introduced in, I think, 1962.[/nq]
[nq:1]I think it was September, 1963, with an 'A' suffix. My father's car, bought new late in 1965, had a 'C' suffix. The first run through the alphabet was with suffixes, the second with prefixes, starting in 1983, again with 'A'.[/nq]
I thought that it was a bit earlier in the year than September, but it was defini
[nq:1]I think it was September, 1963, with an 'A' suffix. My father's car, bought new late in 1965, had a 'C' suffix. The first run through the alphabet was with suffixes, the second with prefixes, starting in 1983, again with 'A'.[/nq]
I thought that it was a bit earlier in the year than September, but it was defini
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